Yoga for the Divine in you!

 YOGA means "Union" - "Balance"  "Yoke"

Sun/Moon. This/That, Black/ White. Front/Back. In/out Top/ Bottom.... . Etc etc..
When I am working with my clients I find that many of them like things  to add to poses:
They tense up their shoulders, they move their foot off to the side, you know, like a duck. They make faces, the list goes on.
One of my favorites is when they purse their lips on the exhale.  With great effort and deep concentration they very systematically e x h a l e.  
They do it with a purpose, as if they MUST get it right this time! It must be perfect!
Well last week, my client *Fabiola who has Fybromyalgia was trying to relax into a pose. You know the one.. you are on your back, right leg up the wall, left leg bending, knee going towards armpit.. hips not moving.
With every exhale she would purse her lips up a little but and let her breath out slowly and with a little tension. I kept saying, "Relax your lips"
She would smile because she really didn't think she was tensing her lips.
And inhale, get it together, relax everything bend your knee.. and exhale relax your lips!  and just then.. after 6-7 exhales .. she finally surrendered and relaxed her lips and her knee bent a little bit more, she she felt the ahhhhhhhh of the stretch in her back.
 
Moral of the story?
Your lip bone IS connected to your Hip bone!
Now go relax!